TY - BOOK AU - Ferkiss,Victor C. TI - Nature, technology, and society: cultural roots of the current environmental crisis SN - 9780814726174 AV - GF 21 .F47 1994 PY - 1994///] CY - New York PB - New York University Press KW - Human ecology KW - Philosophy KW - History KW - Religious aspects KW - Technology and civilization KW - Nature N1 - Originally published: 1993; Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-324) and index; 1. To Serve Man or to Serve Nature? Nature and Technology in Ancient and Classical Civilizations -- 2. Religion, Nature, and Technology: The Medieval Explosion -- 3. Technology Flourishes: The Renaissance and the Reformation -- 4. Technology Triumphs: The Industrial Revolution -- 5. Americans Conquer Their Continent, 1492-1865 -- 6. Americans Exploit Their Continent, 1865-1940 -- 7. Marxist Socialism, Nature, and Technology -- 8. Nature and Technology in Islam -- 9. Nazism Assaults the West from Within -- 10. The Orient, Nature, and Technology -- 11. Technological Cornucopianism -- 12. Contemporary Critics of Technology -- 13. Woman As Nature and God in Nature -- 14. People Are Not above Nature: The Challenge of Deep Ecology -- 15. Reform or Revolution? -- 16. Where Does Humanity Go from Here ER -